Mary+Peckman

On February 19, 1916, homemaker Mary Peckman, age 24, died in Chicago's Rhodes Avenue Hospital from complications of a criminal abortion. She refused to name her killer or even to admit to the abortion.

Sources:
 * "Illegal Operations Cause of Three Deaths," //The Day Book// (Chicago, IL), Feb. 26, 1916
 * "Who Killed Her?" //Chicago Tribune//, Feb. 26, 1916


 * [[image:MaryPeckmanChiDailyTrib26Feb1916.png]]

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